in the nation -- the first city in the nation to have its police command staff under the authority of a court-appointed director. >>> san francisco supervisors are considering a pilot program to allow some police officers to carry tasers. the board committee meets about that this morning. the coalition on homelessness plans to protest though. it says the introduction of tasers increased deaths at the hands of officers. >>> some other bay area headlines now on this thursday. candles and flowers sit at the site where a bicyclist was gunned down near a berkeley school yesterday. family and friends believe the victim, 50-year-old pamela mullins, was riding her bike home tuesday night when she was shot and killed. she was just 100 feet from her apartment. police have not released any suspect information. >>> and a series of robberies at the carquinez bridge toll plaza is apparently solved. california highway patrol planning a news conference this morning to announce the arrest of suspects in the case. the robberies happened earlier this year. >>> if you haven't had fresh crab this season,